"Mr. Art" <pfl### [at] stxrrcom> wrote in message 
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> You have done a good job modeling. Do the ones you use have a detachable 
> base and power cord?

Thanks. The base can be relocated, or interchanged. The power cord is 
soldered to the bulb socket, so it can't really be removed except to service 
the light. I didn't model the cord, because it's a simple matter to create 
one should I ever use this in a cockpit scene (and you know I will). I will 
probably use the older method of a stiff-cord (sort of like one of Doctor 
Octopus' mechanical arms), if and when I do.

In AutoCAD the cord would be created with a circle swept (extruded) along a 
helix path and then unioned with other sweeps as needed. I'm sure there's 
probably a way to do that in Pov that would save on resources by comparison.

- Grim

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